title: Tubercular thyroid abscess.
abstract: We encountered a patient who presented with neck swelling, difficulty in swallowing, voice change along with systemic features such as evening rise of temperature, chronic cough and weight loss. Ultrasonography of the thyroid gland revealed two cystic swellings. An ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology was suggestive of tubercular abscess. The patient responded well to antigravity aspiration of the swellings and antitubercular treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, K G Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. awanishkr79@gmail.com
authors.forename: Awanish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Harvinder Singh
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Pahwa
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Khursheed Alam
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents